Posts Tagged: novels
Bipolar Editing Disorder – Is This A Thing? It Should Be
*sigh* Editing. Still editing. Not only is my latest NaNoWriMo novel going under the knife, but for some completely unfathomable reason, I decided to bring my years-old first-ever-finished novel into the operating room too. Don’t ask. I have no idea what I was thinking. In between the editing, I am finding time for making new… Read more »
Post NaNo Project: Chapter 1 (Full!)
One week, one chapter. Not a great speed, but, hey, I’m working. I’ll keep putting up little clips throughout the week–it helps me get things done. But here’s the complete first chapter of my newest Post-NaNoWriMo project. Can also be downloaded as .MOBI, .EPUB or PDF for those who love their e-readers. Otherwise…. Chapter ONE It was a… Read more »
Crazy Pitches
Ever tried explaining Lord of the Rings to someone? A non-fantasy reader? Well, there’s this ring and it’s, magic. And it’s also evil so people want to destroy it, but it’s, like, power-evil, not spell-evil. Also, it’s basically indestructible so they have to go to this, um, fire in a mountain to destroy it. Anyway,… Read more »
The Future For Writers
Novels are special, so the novelists say. Novels are special because they are the skyscrapers of the literary world: pages piled high with wide, sweeping horizons, long histories, complex machines of character and society. A novels is big, no matter the page count. The builder must find not only a way to survive the construction of this skyscraper, but… Read more »
Shit. What now?
It’s done. I just finished the first draft of…. my NaNoWiMo novel. Oh shut up, all you industrious WriMos that finished three and a half months ago! I was, uh, taking my time. Or something. Anywhoo, point is I’m done. It’s not all online yet, I’m still holding on to the second half to give… Read more »
Just for tonight: “Skyland” Chapter 8 In-Progress Writing
UPDATE: OK, I lied about the “just for tonight” part. Turns out I really need to hold myself accountable and get some work done, so I’ll be continuing to update here probably for a few days. Hey there, The last few days have been tough. Really tough. Blame it on exams, blame it on Christmas,… Read more »
NaNoWriMo: Where have your ten days gone?
Hey again, WriMos! We’re now just over one third of the way through November. Yes, really. We are now one third done. Done with the month, that is. Not the novels. Oh, hell no, not the novels. I’m at not even close to a third finished. Day 10 should have brought us to 16,670 words…. Read more »
Responding to Reviews
I know the company line. It’s been drilled into me since my earliest days in the writing community. There is only ONE correct response to any review or critique: Thank you. I know. As I work more and more seriously on my writing, I contemplate more and more the author’s place in the world of… Read more »
Smashwords + NaNoWriMo is up!
Good news: My NaNoWriMo crap won’t be clogging up this site anymore. The NaNoWriMo section of Smashwords is working just fine now. I guess I just jumped the gun, being out of the gate at a mad dash Midnight November 1st (well, I did wait till Pacific time…) and apparently the folks at Smashwords were ready for… Read more »
